Youth Incarceration and Education Quiz

According to the text, how many youth under the age of 18 are confined in facilities away from home on any given night in America?

• 60,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

• 50,000

What percentage of individuals arrested at age 17 or younger had been rearrested within three years of their release, according to the Department of Justice report?

• 90%

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

What percentage of incarcerated youth were behind grade level in reading and math, according to the Council of State Governments report?

• 60%

• 50%

• 40%

• 70%

What is the unemployment rate for formerly incarcerated people, according to the Prison Policy Initiative?

• 20%

• 30%

• 25%

• 27%

What is the purpose of The Manhattan Youth Part, as mentioned in the text?

• To provide education in prison

• To increase the number of incarcerated youth

• To channel youth cases to alternative incarceration programs

• To prosecute children

What is the dominant policy behind prosecuting children, according to Judge Corriero?

• Rehabilitation

• Incarceration

• Punitive

• Educational

What is the key to stop the negative impacts on education and recidivism, according to Sarah Hinger?

• Rehabilitation outside of the prison system

• Providing more funding for prisons

• Holding youth accountable within the prison system

• Increasing the number of incarcerated youth

What is the purpose of the school to prison pipeline, as mentioned in the text?

• To increase the number of incarcerated youth

• To channel young people to discipline and criminalization

• To rehabilitate young people

• To provide education in prison